WOULD you like to meet Adriana Lima? The Victoria's Secret Angel will make an one-off appearance at the label's Bond Street store in December to wish shoppers a very happy Christmas.

A celebration of the festive season, the Brazilian supermodel will be on hand to meet and greet fans between 6pm and 8pm on December 12. Lima will be the first Angel to visit the British flagship, which opened earlier this year to much fanfare. Having been appointed an Angel in 2000, she is the brand's longest-serving model. The only beauty to match her number of Victoria's Secret catwalk appearances is Alessandra Ambrosio.

It's unfortunate that VS has stopped "making" its own stars and resorted to just casting the same girls from high fashion who go practically unnoticed by the general public. The Angels have become just as anonymous as the top high fashion girls with very few having any sort of name recognition with the general public. That Adriana Lima is still the most well-known Angel after a decade speaks volumes.

They need to completely overhaul their lineup, search for truly striking girls of various ethnicities, and make sure the women are actually endowed so they look soft, feminine and sexy on the runway. If you have to put 2-3 cutlets in a push-up bra to get cleavage the model is probably not a good fit for a lingerie show.

They really need to edit the "Angel" lineup down to 5 models. And get rid of a lot of the dead weight!
Having 10-7 Angels at the same time is excessive and diminishes the exclusivity of being a contracted Angel.

They need to add a women of colour.
(I vote for Joan Smalls)

Bring back the mega Multi-Million dollar contracts and have P.R promote the hell out of it. The media will eat that news up and at the same time promote the Brand and Model.